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Ghost Elephants

Name: Ghost Elephants
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-02-27
Rating: 7.656

7.7 2026 1h 39m Released

Documentary

Overview

In Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of Lisima, creatures presumed lost but remembered in ancestral trance, ritual, and memory.

Cast

Werner Herzog

Self - Narrator (voice)

Steve Boyes

Self

Kerllen Costa

Self - Environmental Anthropologist

Xui

Self

Xui Dawid

Self

Kobus

Self

Gary Trower

Self - Anthropologist, San Culture Specialist

Jordana Meyer

Self - Molecular Ecologist, Stanford University

Regedor Kaketche

Self - King of the Nkangala

António Luhoke

Self - Luchazi Hunter

Melissa Hawkins

Self - Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution

Mary Faith Flores

Self - Molecular Technician, Smithsonian Institution

Katherine Solari

Self - Conservation Genomics, Stanford University

Ellie Armstrong

Self - Evolutionary Genomics, UC Riverside

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